The Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies, is located in the parish of the Cathedral, city and county of Lamego, Viseu District, Portugal. The popular devotion at the site dates back to a chapel, under the invocation of St. Stephen, built in 1361. In the sixteenth century, threatening ruin, was demolished (1568), starting the construction […]
The Viewpoint of Santa Helena Mountain Range is located in the foothills of the Montemuro mountains. Situated high in the Sierra, is one of the most superb sights on the Varosa Valley. As far as the eye can can be seen the houses, crops and pastures. The horizon is shown dotted with fine examples of medieval architecture […]
The Lamego Cathedral, was founded in 1129. It is a Gothic cathedral, keeps the original square tower, but the rest of the architecture reflects changes made in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, including a Renaissance cloister with a dozen well-proportioned arches. In the twelfth century, after the restoration of the Diocese of Lamego, the construction […]
The Convent of St. John Tarouca is located on the slope of Leomil mountains, overlooking the valley of the river Varosa, in the parish of St. John Tarouca, Tarouca municipality in the district of Viseu, Portugal. Constitutes the first monastery of the Cistercian Order in the country, founded in 1144. In 1152, after the victory […]
The Mother Church of Armamar (or Church of St. Michael), whose construction possibly dates back to the twelfth century, is the only national monument Armamar1 municipality, Portugal. Has undergone several subsequent interventions to build in the XVII and XVIII. According to tradition the church was probably built with stones of the demolished Armamar Castle, before […]
The ruins of the Wall of Doors of Montemuro, Parada de Ester (Castro Daire) is an archaeological site considered as a Public Interest Property by IPPAR since 1974. In the thirteenth century was cited in inquiries of 1258. The archaeological site is shared by two neighboring municipalities: Castro Daire and Cinfães. According to some authors, the […]
The Dolmen of the Orca, Lapa Orca or Orca Tile Fiais consists of a tapir polygonal chamber and hall encolvido per mound. It is located in the village of Fiais tile, Oliveira parish of Conde, county of Carregal do Sal, Viseu District, Portugal
The Vilharigues Tower is located in the eponymous village, Paços parish Vilharigues, Vouzela municipality, Viseu district of Portugal. Built in a dominant position on a hill in the northwest part of the Caramulo mountains, is one of the remaining medieval towers in the county. From the top you could see Vouzela and much of the […]
The Viseu Cathedral is the began to take shape in the twelfth century, right in the reign of King Afonso Henriques, driven by Bishop Odório. Then comes the construction of a cathedral in the Romanesque style. Although very little remains of this building, some authors classified a capital, vegan, datable from the late twelfth century and […]
The Walls of Viseu are located in the city of the same name, Parish of Santa Maria de Viseu, County and District of Viseu, Portugal. Roman Walls In a dominant position on a hill at the confluence of the river Pavia with the river Dan (tributaries of the river Mondego), fortification of the city […]
